can they start on solid plastic items (bottles, plastic parts, etc)? — Bitter Crank
. how long does it take the bacteria to eat 1 kilogram of plastic? — Bitter Crank
any plastic? There are dozen of varieties. — Bitter Crank
what are the breakdown products? — Bitter Crank
Why? Are we in a hurry? — frank
It may have fucked with your brain. — frank
Then that means the Petoleum Hydrcarbons Industry's lack of accountability is a fundamental issue.
Why isn't it held accountable? Maybe because governments aren't being held accountable? So government lack of accountability is a fundamental issue of our time.
Why isn't government being held accountable? Could it be because "we the people" don't stand up to them? Why don't we stand up to them? Could be because most of the world is preoccupied with basic survival? Then that is also a fundamental issue.
And the less poor are divided, distracted, and unclear about the issue at foot, no? So lack of solidarity if a fundamental issue.
Solidarity leads to power. Power leads to ability to hold people accountable. Accountability leads to Petroleum Hydrocarbons Industry ceasing to cause Climate Change.
This is probably super ultra overly simple... — Yohan
Depletion of aquifers, depletion of fisheries and plastic pollution of oceans and destruction of soils by "Big Agra" are also existential threats. — Janus
Basically the only solution to the problem would seem to be a drastic reduction of human population, — Janus
Yeah, I mean here I am, arguing with a fucking moron named "frank" so it could very well be. — James Riley
There’s a much stronger case for eliminating capitalism — Xtrix
Frank would fit in much better on Twitter: short, usually irrelevant, and generally stupid posts. — Xtrix
I would agree in so far as "capitalism" is defined as the abomination we currently live under (which includes socialization of costs while privatizing profits). — James Riley
So neoliberal capitalism. Yes. — Xtrix
If there is no enlightenment in enlightened self-interest then you just have greed and that is not what Adam Smith of any true capitalist was about. Greed is what we have now. — James Riley
Yes, but arguably our proclivities aren't equally matched - greed/selfishness trumps genorosity/altruism any day. — TheMadFool
Life is, all said and done, selfish - evolution made us that way and now we're supposed to feel guilty about how we (mis)managed the situation. — TheMadFool
When it comes to babies, a considerable amount of plastic appears to be both going in one end and out the other, according to new research that involved spatulas, diapers, and poop. In particular, the average concentration of one pervasive type of microplastic in baby stool was a whopping ten times higher than that in adult stool in a small pilot study published this week. — Justine Calma
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